Today Elon took my Blue Tick away. As an experiment to see if my reach has been affected, can you please do me a favour?🙏 If you follow me, and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.♥️ To make it worth sharing, here's my photo of a rare Black Redstart after a fly🐦

Before vaccines, diseases such as meningitis, tetanus, measles, diphtheria and polio killed or disabled many children and young people. Effective vaccines massively reduced these risks. Please take up NHS recommended vaccines- they protect children, young people and families.

Outside his house he found Piglet, jumping up and down trying to reach the knocker. “Hello. Let me do it for you,” said Pooh kindly. He reached up and knocked at the door. “What a long time whoever lives here is answering this door.” “But, Pooh, it’s your own house!” ~A.A.Milne

'Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present'. Some good, ancient, and stoic advice – from the Philosopher Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. He was born #OnThisDay 121 CE.

I've #justsponsored Jade Claridge, who's fundraising for National Star Foundation on JustGiving. Donate now justgiving.com/page/jade-clar…

This is how we build a brighter future for Gloucester. By embracing the future, becoming a leader in green technology, creating high paid, high skilled jobs while tackling the climate emergency. Importantly this is the bold leadership and ambition that our current govt lack 🌹

It is the privilege of my life to be elected as the Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty. Together we have made history and delivered a fresh start for our community. Now, it is time for a fresh start for Britain.

Sinead was a force of nature. A brilliant songwriter & performer whose talent we will not see the like of again. Such passion, such intense presence & a beautiful soul, who battled her own personal demons courageously. Be at peace dear Sinead, you will forever be in our hearts. t

School uniform fees rise yet again as parents are forced to fork out for high-vis, a hard hat and a safety whistle.

Sadly, despite paying for Twitter Blue, people are still not seeing my tweets like they used to.😔 Can you please do me a favour? If you follow me and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.🙏 To make it more worth sharing, here's a Kingfisher on a thorny branch. 🥰🐦

Got a bit personal on #BBCPoliticsLive today because this stuff really matters to me. I will always advocate for those with dyslexia & from lower income backgrounds, not least because I know exactly how that feels.

Intelligent, articulate and honest words from Lisa Nandy MP

“I can face the winter with calm. Crisp and sparkling days, long pleasant evenings, cheery fires. Good work shall be done this winter. Life shall be lived well. The end of the summer is not the end of the world. Here’s to October.” ~A.A.Milne #October #October1 #nature

Suella Braverman's speech is a desperate attempt to spread fear and sow division. She says the public are on her side but the polls show the opposite. Britain is an open and welcoming place - her attempts at Trumpism won't work.

This is so poignant and beautiful ...

The Tories are furious about the state of Britain today. Just wait until they find out who's been in power for the last 13 years.

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“We gaze at mountain scenery; we watch the waves breaking on the shore; we walk through a beech wood in October. And we are filled with a sense of beauty. We return home feeling refreshed, like a thirsty man who has drunk a glass of water.” ~C.R.Milne #Autumn #nature #Sunday

The Prime Minister’s spokesperson has confirmed that the Home Secretary’s article was not cleared by No 10. Article 8.2 of the Ministerial code says all such interventions have to be cleared. Given it wasn’t cleared, what will he do now? My letter to the PM is below.

"He is unfamiliar with a moral universe. All that ever mattered was his self-preservation." John Crace sums it up.